As part of the Dare to Do fitness challenge, we’re offering staff and faculty a series of training sessions with coaches from UW Athletics. Last time we profiled coaches in rowing, gymnastics, and football. This week, we’ll take a look at two more coaches, Rose Baker and Matt Rung, who are excited to show you [...]

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Flexibility isn’t just about being able to touch your toes. A good stretching routine can significantly enhance your performance in both cardio and strength training. Not only does it decrease your chance of getting injured, it can also be a form of relaxation that improves both mental and physical recovery. In other words, it’s worth [...]

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It is week four of the Dare to Do program, and while only 8% of the population sticks to their New Year’s resolutions, I have reason to believe that you—yes you—are different. If you’re reading this, you’re probably faculty or staff at UW, recently named one of the best places to work, due in no small [...]

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We came. We danced. We set another world record! Over 1,700 people flooded into Husky Stadium on Wednesday to take part in the World’s Largest Umbrella Dance, with another group of 47 at Husky Hall in Bothell and 35 at the UW Tacoma Y. A bright white sea floated over the football field as Taylor [...]

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At the beginning of January, we issued a New Year’s fitness challenge to UW staff and faculty. Dare to Do in 2015, a six-week program, encourages you to track your workouts by logging weight loss, steps taken, and/or minutes exercised. In addition to newsletters, weekly articles, and prizes, we’ve organized Dare to Do training sessions with coaches [...]

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Happy National Fun at Work Day! There is nothing more fun than daring to do something unexpected, and today 2,000 UW faculty, staff, students, and retirees will attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the World’s Largest Umbrella Dance. The event will take place at noon at beautiful Husky Stadium. The Husky Marching Band, [...]

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The focus of week three of the Dare to Do Challenge is STRENGTH. While cardio is very important to your daily routine, strength training has benefits of its own: it protects your bones and muscle mass, keeps you functionally strong, improves your energy, and helps with your mood. Most strength regimes work, but with so [...]

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January 28 is National Have Fun at Work Day, and we’re celebrating it in a big way. Last year over 1,000 UW faculty and staff set a world record for largest kettlebell class. This year we’re doubling that goal. A week from today, over 2,000 members of the UW community will flood Husky Field to [...]

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It is week two of the Dare to Do Challenge and over 1,200 UW faculty and staff committed to moving more. Whether you challenged yourself with weight loss, steps, or minutes exercised, all require burning calories. Burning calories is a crucial part of the weight loss equation, but it also has many other benefits including [...]

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Commuting to work, sitting at your desk, eating dinner, watching television… the number of hours we spend sitting doesn’t seem cringe-worthy until we add it all up, does it? That’s why it’s important to be aware of the Sitting Disease. According to James Levine, MD, a leader in sitting research, “Growing evidence suggests that the [...]

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When you consume more calories than you burn, you will gain, and when you burn more calories than you consume, you will lose. It’s a simple equation, right? But it can be so hard to stay focused on creating a deficit each week. Incoming Calories Let’s start by defining a calorie as a measurement of [...]

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When I tell people about the World’s Largest Umbrella Dance event coming up on January 28, the first question I hear is: What’s an umbrella dance? I didn’t know either, but I found out in December, when I had my first practice. Start with you and a beautiful Whole U umbrella. (You’ll get one at [...]

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